RE: [TCLUG:12531] tomcat vs jserv

["Schlough, Mark" <Mark.Schlough@nmb.norwest.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Perry Hoekstra [SMTP:dutchman@uswest.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:00 PM
> To:	tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject:	Re: [TCLUG:12531] tomcat vs jserv
> 
> "Schlough, Mark" wrote:
> >
> >         I'm running Apache 1.3.9 / Apache-JServ 1.0b3 / GnuJSP / Cocoon
> 1.6
> > 
> >         for a JSP & Servlet enabled webserver.  Cocoon also gives me an
> XML
> > framework to build on.
> > 
> >         Do yoy know of the pros/cons of JServ <-> Tomcat?
> > 
> >         I haven't been listening/reading on the differences between
> them.
> > What were the issues you addressed when you opted for tomcat?
> > 
> >         I'd like to know the differences if you know any.
> > 
> 
> Tomcat is essentially the Java Servlet and JSP reference engine built by
> Sun and turned over to the Apache Group.  I am not aware of any
> intention that Tomcat function in a production environment.  Advantages
> to Tomcat are that it is current for both the Servlet and JSP
> specifications.  GnuJSP is only at 1.0 and I thought that the person who
> created/supported GnuJSP was stopping ongoing support/upgrades.  Did
> someone take it over to move to 1.1?  Tomcat is all Java so that I can
> run Tomcat inside VisualAge for Java and debug servlets inside the IDE
> (but not JSPs).  
> 
	What version/edition of VAJ are you using?  I'd like to see how it
works sometime.

> It is quite simple to use, start-up/shutdown and
> involves only the overhead of a JVM.  You don't have Cocoon built in but
> I was not looking for an XML framework (yet).  
> 
> I look at Tomcat as a development engine while Apache/JServ/GnuJSP as a
> production environment.  
> 
	You have adaquately answered my question here, because I am using
Apache/JServ/GnuJSP as a pseudo-production setup.

> Instead of Tomcat, you could swap in the free
> version of Allaire's JRun and get the same capability (except
> debugging).
> 
	I've tried using JRun many many many times and (for me) was always
an excercise in frustration.  I was able to get Apache-JServ/GnuJSP working
in comparatively short order.

> -- 
> Perry Hoekstra
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> Talent Software Services
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